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Kristy Dawson

Grieving Durham daughter says Matt Hancock signing up to I'm a Celebrity makes her feel 'sick'

A woman who lost her mum to coronavirus has slammed Matt Hancock for signing up to appear on I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!

Ann O'Connor, 54, lost her mum Elsie Matthewson, 86, when she contracted covid-19 during the first national lockdown. Elsie died at the University Hospital of North Durham on April 22, 2020.

Ann, who lives in the Gilesgate area of Durham, said she did not get to say goodbye to her mum, who lived in a care home in Durham, due to abiding by the lockdown rules imposed by the Government.

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